Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Sail on Jimmy, artist - Christy Moore. Date of issue: 04.10.2018
Song language: English
Sail on Jimmy |
| They laid out the body |
| In that peaceful pagan home |
| To pay their last respects |
| All the neighbours came along |
| In the wee hours of the morning |
| Pagan words from a whisky still |
| Fall in from the bushes |
| Sworn enemies are friends again |
| Someone spilt Porter on the corpse |
| In the middle of a song |
| And the stories kept on coming back |
| From 1941 |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| Sail on, Jimmy boy |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| From this Irish Pagan ritual |
| Mad Mary from the crossroads |
| Grabbed my arse for all to see |
| I’ll tell your fortune Scoby |
| If you come on home with me |
| In the name of God now Mary |
| Some respect for the dead |
| You can’t be grabbing arses |
| At a Pagan ritual |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| Sail on, Jimmy boy |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| From this Irish Pagan ritual |
| Father Tim is telling Tommy |
| How the Israelites came in |
| And Tommy’s eating sandwiches |
| That are piled up next to him |
| Someone started singing |
| Ah Revenge for Skibereen |
| There’s a French lad there translating |
| For the next door neighbours daughter |
| Jean Louis and lovely Angelie |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| Sail on, Jimmy boy |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| From this Irish Pagan ritual |
| In the wee hours of the morning |
| We were howling at the moon |
| When the Mystic wind took Jimmy |
| Way up to the Mystic room |
| Up up up up up he’s gone |
| In peace to save us all |
| Gone with a Mystic blessing |
| From that peaceful Pagan ritual |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| Sail on, Jimmy Boy |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| From this Irish Pagan ritual |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| Sail on, Jimmy boy |
| Sail on, sail on Jimmy |
| From this Irish Pagan ritual |